Reflection #9

O Come, All Ye Faithful
is the song I have chosen
In the scripture it says that Jesus is equal to God, but in a form of a bondservant. In the song I have chosen, Jesus is known as Christ the Lord

Come and Behold him, Born the king of Angels
This is a verse from the lyrics of the carol. It states that the Jesus is born and he is the king of Angels and that we should behold him.

Mary- was the birthmother of Jesus and was a virgin
Joseph- Mary's husband who accepted to take care of Mary who is carrying the child of God
The shepards- witnessed the birth of Christ. Shows resemblence of Shepards-Sheep, Jesus-People
Persian Astrologers- they traveled a long way to witness the son of God as a baby. They trusted their instincts and followed the star which led to Jesus.

What type of God comes to earth as a baby?
A God who wants to know if the people are able to belive in a God in a human form

Why, if Jesus' story is true, would God choose this method of coming to His creation?
To check if the people can trust God's word when it is coming directly from God, but of one who is in human form

Islam: Two Perspectives

There were two different articles about facebook. One, from the muslim point of view and one from the other users. The news from the New York Times is about a facebook group that is about Islam being a fake religion. About, muslims reacting to seriously to there cause. The other article was from a site called Islam Online, this news also talks about what the facebook users are saying about Islam and also shows the seriousness of this. Both are about the same things, but one is more supportive and one is more aggresive toward the issue. It both includes facebook and the users who misuse this social networking site. The article from New York Times says a response from the managers of facebook about this outrage by the muslims toward facebook. He said that "The custom of protecting freedom of speech allows people to address belief systems in the harshest terms". In Islam Online it talks about the naive depiction by the Western media makes it easy for "freedom of expression" and says some interviews from muslims about facebook.